Mass Nausea is a series of people “vomiting” M&M chocolates as a visual protest of the Mars Corporation’s stake in Cote D’Ivoire’s conflict produced cocoa. The brightly colored, best selling, seemingly innocuous candy comes at the enormous expense of child slave labor and exploitative trading practices.

Mass Nausea

Installation detail, mixed media approx. 30ft x 12ft, 2009

Mass Nausea

Installation views (80) 8x10 photographs, 2009

Mass Nausea

Detail image, 2009

Mass Nausea is a series of people “vomiting” M&M chocolates as a visual protest of the Mars Corporation’s stake in Cote D’Ivoire’s conflict produced cocoa. The brightly colored, best selling, seemingly innocuous candy comes at the enormous expense of child slave labor and exploitative trading practices.